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Rob Murray

Rob Murray

Head Coach/Director of Hockey Operations
Murray signed with the Oilers in June 2017, after spending the previous six seasons with the ECHL’s Alaska Aces. The Toronto native has a long history of success as a player and coach. During his tenure in Anchorage, Murray led Alaska to three consecutive Brabham Cups with the best regular season record in the ECHL from 2011-12 to 2013-14. The Aces captured the Kelly Cup that third season. Murray brought Tulsa it’s first division title since 1975-1976 in 2019, winning the regular and postseason Mountain Division titles before reaching game seven of the Western Conference Finals. The 55-year-old began his coaching career in 2003 as Assistant for the AHL’s Providence Bruins, where he stayed in that role for five seasons. Murray was promoted to Head Coach in Providence in 2008, and spent the next three seasons there before heading to Alaska to coach the Aces. In total, the Toronto, ON native has coached more than 1000 games. Murray was drafted in the third round by the Washington Capitals at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, and enjoyed a 16-year playing career. He played in over 1,000 AHL games throughout his career, and dressed in over 100 NHL games split between the Capitals, Winnipeg Jets and Phoenix Coyotes. In January 2017, Murray was inducted into the American Hockey League’s Hall of Fame.

Bruce Ramsay

Associate Coach

Ramsay instantly gives Tulsa the most experienced coaching staff in the ECHL, adding more than 1000 games of head coaching knowledge to Head Coach Rob Murray’s impressive resume. The pair combine for 2,567 games coached and their partnership marks the first time in league history that two John Brophy Award (ECHL Coach of the Year) winners have worked on the same staff. Ramsay possesses AHL coaching experience and a winning trophy cabinet.      

The Dryden, Ontario native is still loved by the Tulsa fanbase despite spending the last seven seasons as the bench boss for their longest-standing rivals, the Wichita Thunder. Ramsay was head coach of the Oilers from the 2009-10 season through the 2014-15 season, bringing a fast-paced, high-scoring style to the BOK Center. His final season, Tulsa’s first in the ECHL, resulted in the Oilers scoring 248 goals, a total that remains unsurpassed.  

Also known as an excellent talent evaluator and recruiter, he brought players like Chad Costello, Jack Combs, Gary Steffes, Matt Register, Stephen Perfetto, Nathan Lutz, Kevin Carr and Adam Pleskach to Tulsa. A piece the Oilers have missed in recent years, Ramsay employed three ECHL First All-Star Team forwards during his time in Wichita, including a pair in 2024-25.
 

Andrew "Tuna" LaValley

Andrew "Tuna" LaValley

Assistant Equipment Manager

Tuna joined the Oilers as an assistant during the 2020-21 Oilers season while also serving as an assistant with the Tulsa Drillers baseball team — the 'AA' affiliate for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tuna is the head equipment manager for the Tulsa Oilers Football Team, prizing the inaugural role in 2022. 

 

Sara Latos

Athletic Trainer

A Kansas native, Sara is in her second season as the Head Athletic Trainer for the Oilers. 

Prior to her time in Tulsa, Sara was an Assistant Athletic Trainer with the University of Mane Black Bears Women's Ice Hockey and Track and Field teams and as a Graduate Assistant at the University of Montana. 

A graduate of University of Kansas, Sara is the daughter of former pro hockey player and coach Jim Latos. 

Sean Barger

Sean Barger

Performance Coach
Sean Barger is originally from Tulsa and has been with the Tulsa Oilers for four years. Sean began his training career nearly a decade ago while still attending school, accumulating more than 30 certifications over the years to be as diverse as possible from NASM, NSCA, ISSA, NFPT, PRI, FRC, RPR, FMS and CPR/AED. In 2019, Sean helped open Sports Performance Institute of Tulsa, where he currently works training athletes and helping direct the sport performances entity. With over 20,000 hours of training, he has experience working with Olympic athletes, professional, college, high school and middle school athletes in a wide variety of sports.
Chelsea Joslin

Chelsea Joslin

Team Mental Health Clinician

Chelsea Joslin, a native Tulsan, has over 14 years of experience in the mental health field. Prior to her mental health career, Chelsea was a collegiate athlete and coach with international competition experience.  She was honored and awarded as an All-Stater, State Champion, several NCAA Division III athletic honors and a professional tryout invitation. 

Chelsea's background allows her to bring a unique skill set to her mental health work with high school, college, and professional athletes.  An employee at RiO Counseling and Neurofit, she specializes in treating anxiety and mental performance through neurofeedback and traditional psychotherapy. Chelsea is recognized in the State of Oklahoma as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and is also a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) working on her Board Certification in Neurofeedback.

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